Holiday Season and a Cake Recipe

Our Thanksgiving didn't happen the way we though it would, but that's a story I'm not willing to get into.  My parents and I ended up having a very laid back Thanksgiving with food from Whole Foods.

I have decided to share my family Czech Buttermilk Poppy Seed Cake recipe

This isn't your normal poppy seed cake because one, it doesn't have lemon in it and two, it has buttermilk.  I love this cake! It is one of my favorites.  Now, I am using a gluten free flour, you can switch this for a normal all purpose flour of your choosing.

My preferred gluten free flour is Cup 4 Cup.  It isn't cheap, but it is the most adaptable of all of the gf flours I have tried.  The consistency is light and fluffy, which is a wonderful change.

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup poppy seeds
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup butter
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
•  1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2.5 cups sifted flour
• 4 tbs cinnamon sugar mix (2tbs. cinnamon, 2 tbs. sugar)

Recipe:

Add the poppy seeds and buttermilk into a tupperware container and place in the fridge overnight.  Allow the poppy seeds to soak.

The next day (after about 8-10 hours of soaking), cream the butter and sugar together until smooth.  Then beat in the eggs one at a time.  Stir in the grated orange rind, vanilla and salt.  Sift the 2.5 cups of flour, baking soda and baking powder together.  Then add into the wet ingredients.  Mix together.  Slowly add in the poppy seed and buttermilk mixture.  Mix until smooth.

 Grease a bundt pan and pour in half of the batter, then sprinkle and cover the layer with the cinnamon sugar combination. Pour in the rest of the batter and sprinkle the top layer with cinnamon sugar.  Bake at 350º for one hour.  Check the cake with a toothpick at 45 minutes.  Please remember that gluten free flours may take longer to bake, so keep an eye on the cake as it bakes.

Allow the cake to cool before removing from the bundt pan.  Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar.

When cool, slice and enjoy!

Happy Holidays!!!!!